Candle-holder for christmas-trees



(No Model.)

5 REINHARDT. CANDLE HOLDER FOR CHRISTMAS TREE S. No. 562,155.

Patented June 16, 1896.

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UNITED STATES CHRISTOPH REINHARDT, OF NEVARK, NEV JERSEY.

CANDLE-HOLDER FOR CHRISTMAS-TREES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,155, dated June 16, 1896.

Application filed March 12, 1896.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRIsroPH REINHARDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candle-Holders for Christmas-Trees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta-ins to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of candle holders for Christmas-trees represented by the one shown in my prior patent, dated January 1, 1889, No. 395,514., the objects of which improvements are to reduce the cost of construction, to avoid the use of solder in joining the parts together, and thus to avoid the possibility of the parts becoming detached when subjected to high heat; to secure a more durable construction, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connectionwith the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved candle-holder for Christmas-trees, and in the arran gements and combinations of parts, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved candle holder. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the cup as shaped prior to fastening the wire weight-carrier therein. Fig. i is a section of the same taken at line 00, and Fig. 5 is a detail of the said wire weight-carrier.

In said drawings, a indicates the cup, which is stamped from a single sheet of metal and is provided with arms or fingers 1), adapted to form a receptacle for the candle, the said fingers being struck out from the metal of the cup, and bent up from the concave face thereof, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 4.

c is a suitable weight which serves to hold Serial No. 582,898. (No model.)

the bowl and candle in proper upright position on the Christmas-tree.

d is the wire weight-carrier attached to the bowl and extending down therefrom five inches, more or less, at its lower end carrying the said weight 0. At its upper end the said wire weight-carrier cl is formed as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, where said wire is shown to be bent laterally at its upper extremity and then downwardly parallel or nearly parallel with the body portion of the wire.

The irregular lateral horizontal extension cl, at the bend, is given a U-shaped bend, or a bend more or less resembling a U, to enable said extension to enter into a slot in the bowl, as hereinafter referred to, so that said bowl will be prevented from turning on the wire. The bowl, at its bottom, is provided with perforations e e, and between said perforations is the slot f, extending in the line of said perforations. These perforations are of a distance apart equal to the distance of the short arm g of the wire from the body portion a thereof. At the sides of the slot f are formed a lip or lips f, adapted to be pressed over the portion (1 of the wire to hold the same fast in position, as will be hereinafter described. Within the said perforations e e are thrust the short arm and body portion of the wire, and into the slot f is forced the short U-shaped bend d. The lips f are then turned down over upon the portion cl, and thus the bowl a is firmly and securely fixed upon the wire without the use of solder.

By this construction the cost of manufacture is materially reduced, and the article is rendered more safe when upon the tree with a candle burning therein. The short arm. g, extending down below the bowl, as in Fig. 1, forms, with the body portion a of the wire, a hook or receptacle into which the branch of the tree may be entered, the hook serving with the weight to hold the parts in proper relative position.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is p 1. The combination with the bowl having fingers Z), Z), a slot f, perforations e, e, and a lip or lips f, of a wire having the irregular lateral extension (1, short arm g, and body portion a, the latter having a weight 0, all said parts being arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The improved candle-holder in which is combined the perforated bowl having a lip f and the hooked and weighted Wire, arranged in the perforations of the bowl and having a lateral extension, short arm and body portion, the lip of the bowl being bent over said lateral extension to hold the wire to the bowl, said part being combined substantially as set forth.

1;). The improved candle-holder in which is in one integral piece therewith and a weighted wire having its end opposite that having the weight bent laterally and downwardly, the downward extension or arm and the body portion of the wire forming a receptacle for the branch of the tree beneath the bowl and the lip of said bowl being bent upon the portion of the wire conneotin g the arm and body portion, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of February, 1896.

CllRlS' OPll REINHARDT. lVitnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, CHARLES II. PELL. 

